Napkin-holder.



H. H. & W, S. HART.

NAPKIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION HLED DEC. 10. m1.

1 ,274:,41 3. Patented Aug. (3, 1918.

WITNESS H i VEIEZRb' a all 1 c William JJfluei %5 40M ATTORNEY.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY H. HART AND WILLIAM S. HART, 0F SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

NAPKIN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

Application filed December 10, 1917. Serial No. 206,522.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, HARRY H. HART and WILLIAM S. HART, both citizens ofthe United States, residing at Sacramento, in the county of Sacramento,State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin. Napkin-Holders; and we do de in holders for napkins and isparticularly designed for use in cafeterias or restaurants, or places ofa similar character, or in fact any place found desirable.

The object of the invention is to provide a holder for a plurality ofnapkins so constructed that while an individual napkin may be easily andquickly removed from the pile at will in any direction, the othermembers of the pile will remain intact. The advantages of this will bereadilyapparent to those skilled, in the art.

It is also further designed to provide the public with-a ready andefficient means for the delivery of the napkin which will be bothpractical and ornamental.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposesfor which it is designed.

These objects, we accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of the parts as will fully appear by a perusal of thefollowing specification and claim.

The figure of the drawing is a side elevation of our improved napkinholder.

Referring now more particularly to. the characters of reference on thedrawings, the numeral 1 designates the base, which is hollowed out asshown at 2, for stability, and can be secured to the table by a screw 3if it is so desired.

From the base 1 is projected a support 4 which are being lightly held onthe on which we fasten a disk 5 by means of small screws 6.

The numeral 7 represents the na kins isk 5 by a ball-bearing wei ht 8,permitting the napkins to be 'pulle in either direction without tearingor disturbing the remaining ones. This weight 8 is secured to a rod 9slidable in a guide 10, which, is held in vertical position by the arms11. These arms 11 are fastened on the disk 5, as shown at 12.

At a convenient point on the support 4, we provide a salt and pepperholder 13.

From the foregoing specification it will readily be seen that we haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfils the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice, such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as what we claim as new and useful and desireto secure by Letters Patent is: D g

A napkin holder comprising a circular base plate, a pair of spaced armsfixed to and conformin to the curvature of the base plate and archinover the same, a bearin supported centra 1y between the arms, an asliding weight guided vertically throu h the bearing, the base beinarranged to ho d a stack. of napkins in suc manner that the curvature ofthe arms will prevent lateral displacement thereof while the weightWlll. prevent undesired vertical displacement of the same from thestack.

In testimony whereof weaflix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

